### [2025-10-9](/feed/2025/10/9/index.md)

##### Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
# Three tribal leaders from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, are abducted and killed by Pakistani Taliban militants. 




### Sources:

1. [Press Trust of India](https://www.ptinews.com/story/international/3-tribal-leaders-abducted-killed-by-militants-in-northwest-pakistan/2993966)

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